Vulnerability in Rocklobster Contact Form 7

CVE-2018-20979

The contact-form-7 plugin before 5.0.4 for WordPress has privilege escalation because of capability_type mishandling in register_post_type.

Published · last modified .

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.020 (80.2th percentile), scored .

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 80th percentile — 80.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2018-20979: held from 0.020 to 0.020.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.020 · newest: 0.020 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-20979?
CVE-2018-20979 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Rocklobster Contact Form 7. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2019-08-22.
How severe is CVE-2018-20979?
Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2018-20979 known to be exploited?
2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.